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"Big Mac® Sauce" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Big Mac® Sauce and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 15#Big Mac® Sauce until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. BD2412 T 04:45, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Product description in intro

@Absolutely Certainly: Added 'all-' to 'beef', removed 'shredded' from 'lettuce', removed 'minced' from 'onions'. Added a 'citation needed' template to get a verifiable source that MacDonald's advertised Big Mac sauce as a "variation, type, kind, etc. of Thousand Island dressing or (in quotes) "special sauce".

First of all, stop WP:EDITWARring and use this talk page to discuss your desired edits; don't just repeatedly revert, or else you will be reported to an admin.

Second, as Luke Skywalker said to Kylo Ren: "None of that was correct":

The product description in the intro was originally based on the McDonald's jingle, but @Macrakis: changed it to an obective description of the product's contents. You are not just reverting my edit, but his as well. His edit is in keeping with Wikipedia's requirement of a WP:Neutral point of view, not McDonald's point of view.
The patties may or may not in fact be "all-beef"; that would require citation of a reliable source.
The lettuce is in fact shredded, as can be clearly seen in the photo. (WP:SKYISBLUE)
The onions are in fact minced. (WP:SKYISBLUE)
Bug Mac sauce is not objectively recognized as "special"; that would require citation of a reliable source. The phrase "special sauce" is again, McDonald's point of view which must not be used in Wikipedia's voice. The article already documents that McDonald's calls it "special sauce". The quotes indicate Wikipedia is quoting McDonald's, not that McDonald's uses quotes,
The intro did not say that McDonald's advertises the sauce as a type of Thousand Island dressing. If you read the body of the article, you will find that the ad jingle is quoted verbatim and cited to a reliable source.
Big Mac sauce is based on mayonase with sweet pickle relish, yellow mustard, vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika. Thousand Island dressing is based on mayonase and can include finely chopped pickles, paprika, mustard, and vinegar; thus the sauce is in fact clearly a variation of Thousand Island dressing (WP:SKYISBLUE). And again, what counts here is objective fact, not McDonald's point of view.

You came late to the party; you don't seem to have read the entire article; are unfamiliar with its recent edit history; and you have refused to discuss your changes here to maintain the spirit of collaboration. JustinTime55 (talk) 18:21, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Update the dead link for McDonalds Chile to https://www.mcdonalds.cl/productos/hamburguesas/big-mac alongside the information from the nutritional table:

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Justalemon (talk) 03:24, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Mvqr (talk) 11:10, 30 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the spelling of “advertized” to “advertised”. 73.212.210.20 (talk) 23:51, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cannolis (talk) 00:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That's not a Big Mac in the picture (redux)

Notice: I am restoring this topic from the archives, since we seem to have a multi-persion mini-edit war over the lead photo. JustinTime55 (talk) 14:30, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This picture does not show a Big Mac, but rather, a replication of some sort. A Big Mac's burger capacity would be leaking with grease and the cheese would most likely be quite moldy. Also, the cheese on that knockoff is clearly an individually wrapped "single". McDonald's doesn't use individually wrapped "singles", and neither does any other fast food joint that I know of (what a waste of time that would be; unwrapping every slice of cheese); they use cheese sliced from a block. "Singles" (e.g., Kraft Singles) are individually molded into their wrappers, giving them a distinctive appearance. On top of that, the bread doesn't look right, and there are at least three pickle slices in it, while a Big Mac only has two. Even if by some set of bizarre circumstances, the pictured burger did come from an actual McDonald's restaurant, it obviously does not represent the standard Big Mac configuration. – MaximRecoil (talk) 04:47, 30 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It looks as if the original photographer might have mistakenly uploaded a photograph of a Burger King Big King. It fits the description you give - cheese on top of the burger, three pickles. This all seems very picky, but Google's image search suggests that McDonalds really does mandate the appearance of the Big Mac that closely. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is a Big Mac in the picture, purchased from a McDonalds. I had asked for the cheese on the side so it wouldn't be melted when I took the picture, so I'd have an easier time arranging it. I did make the mistake of putting the cheese on top of the burger, instead of the bottom, though. Evan-Amos (talk) 18:49, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. The Big Macs I've seen in person never looked like that. They're much smaller and don't look nearly that good. Seems like false advertising to me. Someone should post a real picture of a real Big Mac, from a random sample purchase. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.39.86 (talk) 20:44, 30 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've worked at both McD and BK, this is a Big King. Big Macs have the cheese slice rested on the bottom bun, as well as using tiny cubed onions instead of slivers. Can we fix this already? RT171195 (talk) 23:52, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I concur, this is not a photo of a Big Mac. Check the image in the pin button (lower down in the article), or look at a McDonald's published image on their website (https://www.mcdonalds.com/ca/en-ca/product/big-mac-sandwich.html). The image in the article needs to be replaced. Christopher Rath (talk) 13:08, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I have replaced the photo with one of a real Big Mac. Christopher Rath (talk) 14:58, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get it. For 10 years this page had a photo of a burger that wasn't a big mac. I updated it to a photo of a real big mac and now I've got two different WP contributors trying to swap in alternate photos. What's the deal? Christopher Rath (talk) 03:57, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

JustinTime55 (talk) 14:30, 2 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]